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CAMP AND BARRACK-ROOM;
OR,
THE BRITISH ARMY AS IT IS.
BY
A LATE STAFF SERGEANT OF THE 13th LIGHT INFANTRY.
LONDON:
CHAPMAN AND HALL, 186, STRAND.
1846.
587.
C. WHITING, BEAUFORT HOUSE, STRAND.
Enlistment
CONTENT S.
CHAPTER I.
PAGE
5
CHAPTER II.
Drive
Departure from Dublin: Feelings on the Occasion.-Condition of
Recruits on board the Steamers.-Lands at Gravesend.
to Chatham. Is sent to the Receiving House: its Description:
Treatment there.-Brought to the depôt Barracks.-Inspected
by the Medical Officer
CHAPTER III.
Attacked with Fever and goes to Hospital.-Manner of Amusement
there. Is discharged, and sent to Drill.-Daily Routine of Duties.
-Sees a Man flogged.-Causes of desertion at Chatham.-
Abuses in the Army.-Applies for Leave to proceed to India.-
Character of the Officer commanding the Depôt........
CHAPTER IV.
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Inspected by the Commandant.-Disorders during the Night.—
Marches from Chatham.-Embarks at Gravesend.-Sea Neces-
saries.-Loosening Hammocks. Formed into Watches. De-
prived of Bed-clothes.-The Ship puts into Portsmouth.-Stands
to Sea again.-Condition of the Soldiers' Wives. Is struck off
Duty. Makes the Island of Madeira.-Occurrences while there.
-Arrives in the hot Latitudes.-Improper Conduct of the Men.
-Causes which produce Irregularities on board Ship............................
CHAPTER V.
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Crossing the Line.-Is becalmed.-Remarks on the phosphorescent
Properties of Marine Bodies.-Catches the Trade Winds.-Acci-
dent during Prayers.-Sail in sight.—Arrives in the Cape Seas.
-Rough Weather.-Cape Birds.-Weathers the Cape.-Losses
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